Third Flute

Gotfried Schüster (possibly), c. 1820

Music has always been a crucial element of public celebrations, such as military parades, coronations, royal weddings, and funerals, adding grandeur to the solemnity of the occasion. Musical ensembles entrusted with performing music at these events have existed in Europe since the Middle Ages. This display highlights various marching bands and their musical instruments dating from the 16th to the 19th century.

  • Artwork typeflute, wind instrument, musical instrument, transverse flute
  • Object numberBK-NM-11430-122
  • Dimensionslength 510 mm x diameter 40 mm
  • Physical characteristicsbuxushout, ivoor en nikkel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Third flute
    • Third Flute

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-11430-122

  • Description

    Dwarsfluit van buxushout met vier zilveren kleppen en vijf ringen van ivoor. Gemerkt: [kroon] G. SCHUSTER.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    stamp: ‘G:SCHUSTER’

Creation

  • Creation

    musical instrument maker: Gotfried Schüster (possibly), Neukirchen

  • Dating

    c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    buxushout, ivoor en nikkel

  • Dimensions

    length 510 mm x diameter 40 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1899

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2

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